JONATHANS AIDE ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED FRAUD

The Inspector General Police, Muhammed Abubakar, has ordered the arrest of an alleged notorious fraudster who has duped several Nigerians of millions of naira while parading himself as the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to President Goodluck Jonathan on Youth development.  Saturday Newswatch learnt that trouble started for Alhaji Aliyu Zakare, believed to be the son of a respected Chief in  Dutse, Jigawa State,  when he allegedly swindled an influential businessman in Lagos (names withheld) to the tune of N140 million, after which he went into hiding.  The  businessman reportedly petitioned I.G.P Abubakar, to help  him track  down the fleeing Zakare. He thus  presented  all the documents such as complementary   cards and letter-headed papers which bore the insignia  of The Presidency  and introducing Zakare as a  Senior  Special Assistant  to the President on Youth development.

Police authorities reportedly detailed  crack  detectives to every part of the country to sniff out the fake S.S.A. The long search paid  off as he was  traced to his hide-out in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, where  he was  living like a king and even allegedly acquired different kinds of  exotic cars. mmediately he was arrested the police were said  to have also swooped on the man who  printed his identify cards, complementary  cards and letter-headed paper which  bore the insignia  of the presidency,  for interrogation.
Zakare and the printer are now  being detained at the Kaura Police station, opposite Prince and Princess Estate in Abuja.  His modus operandi, according to  a source, is to  approach  big  business organizations, introduce himself as a  Senior Special  Assistant  to the President  and one of the  leaders of the ruling  Peoples Democratic Party and then  present a letter of  award  of  contract  to supply rice, sugar or flour  to the troubled northern states where  Boko  Haram  insurgency  has wrecked havoc.

Alhaji Zakare was said  to possess  several  high profile identity cards bearing  insignia  of the Presidency with which  he has allegedly duped several  businessmen across the country of several million of  naira and/or  deceived   them to  supply trailers of rice, noodles and spaghetti  to   his warehouses in Kaduna  and Kano.   “He possess 17 cheque books  of different  commercial banks in the country;  bears different names; has relevant documents and identities  to back  whatever he calls himself and has an uncanny air of  confidence and pride  which even   genuine  Senior Special Assistants to the President do not possess,” a source said.  Alhaji  Zakare is also  said  to have duped  major distributors   of a poplular noodles company of  millions of naira and also befriended a brand manager of  the  noodles company (name withheld) to  facilitate  smooth perpetration  of his fraudulent  activities within the group.

The romance between the brand manager and Zakare is said to be giving her sleepless nights as she is still unsure  of the next action the group management might take against her.  Efforts to get the Force Public Relation Officer CSP Frank Mba to confirm the arrest of Zakare were unsuccessful and the text messages sent to him on the issue were not replied.

Source: My Daily Newswatch